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Chen, Wenyan.

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A Tale of Water in Two Cities: Water Supply in Shanghai and Suzhou (1860--1937).

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	A Tale of Water in Two Cities: Water Supply in Shanghai and Suzhou (1860--1937)./
Author:	Chen, Wenyan.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2016,
Description:	200 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 78-04(E), Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International78-04A(E).
Subject:	Asian history. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=10297246
ISBN:	9781369409512

A Tale of Water in Two Cities: Water Supply in Shanghai and Suzhou (1860--1937).
Chen, Wenyan.

A Tale of Water in Two Cities: Water Supply in Shanghai and Suzhou (1860--1937). - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2016 - 200 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 78-04(E), Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong), 2016.

Water, as an essential ingredient for life, is supposed to be freely used. However, in the age of industrialization and urbanization, with fear of water shortage and environmental degradation, people imposed new ideas on this natural resource, and transformed water from public good into a tradable commodity by using new technology. In China from 1850 to 1950, commoditized water supply made people feel affluent, healthy, civilized, and modern. This thesis examines the transformation of water use in the city of Suzhou.

ISBN: 9781369409512Subjects--Topical Terms:

1099323
Asian history.

A Tale of Water in Two Cities: Water Supply in Shanghai and Suzhou (1860--1937).
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520 $a The establishment of the first water supply company in the Shanghai International Settlement in the late nineteenth century was a significant milestone of China's modern water supply. Soon after that the French Concession and the Chinese Zone attempted to follow the practice. The services of water supply were yet never unified in Shanghai. While better-off households in the Foreign Concession enjoyed indoor tap water supply, many others, especially those who lived in the Chinese walled city, bought water directly in streets installed with water taps. The way to consume water reflected living standard.
520 $a During late Qing period and China's Republican period, the local elites of Suzhou City also attempted to set up modern water supply, but failed with insufficient capital. Eventually, a few wealthy merchants formed a small company of water supply. Instead of using steam engines to pump water from river, the company opened artesian wells, and built water pipes to transport water to households. This created the Suzhou model of water supply. However, because of competing local forces, this modern water supply in Suzhou was of a small scale. Only a few rich people could afford to consume the water, a majority of the Suzhou population still relied on ordinary shallow wells and rivers to have their daily water.
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